Comments on: The 1960′s were only yesterday… http://www.hiraeth.org.uk/blog/2009/10/30/the-1960s-were-only-yesterday/ Connecting with the land of Wales Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike Pellatt http://www.hiraeth.org.uk/blog/2009/10/30/the-1960s-were-only-yesterday/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Mike Pellatt Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:10:25 +0000 http://www.hiraeth.org.uk/blog/?p=209#comment-17 You know what they say - "If you remember the 60's, you weren't there" :-) More seriously, though, don't forget that in the face of arrogant and insensitive officialdom, the 60's were also the beginning of the end of deference to authority just because it was authority. I know the Daily Mail would see that as a Bad Thing, but it does mean that there is now space for such official attitudes to be openly challenged early on, rather than when the policy failures are staring everyone in the face. Hopefully. You know what they say – “If you remember the 60′s, you weren’t there” :-)

More seriously, though, don’t forget that in the face of arrogant and insensitive officialdom, the 60′s were also the beginning of the end of deference to authority just because it was authority. I know the Daily Mail would see that as a Bad Thing, but it does mean that there is now space for such official attitudes to be openly challenged early on, rather than when the policy failures are staring everyone in the face. Hopefully.

]]> By: Lesley http://www.hiraeth.org.uk/blog/2009/10/30/the-1960s-were-only-yesterday/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Lesley Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:25:06 +0000 http://www.hiraeth.org.uk/blog/?p=209#comment-14 Hi Paul, I am loving your blog!! I too was in Paris 1968 passing through for a Spanish holiday on board a bus!! Regards to all. Hi Paul, I am loving your blog!! I too was in Paris 1968 passing through for a Spanish holiday on board a bus!! Regards to all.

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